Xavier Suarez

Xavier Suarez
Official portrait, circa 2010s
35th and 39th Mayor of Miami
In office
November 14, 1997  March 12, 1998
Preceded byJoe Carollo
Succeeded byJoe Carollo
In office
November 14, 1985  November 11, 1993
Preceded byMaurice Ferré
Succeeded byStephen P. Clark
Member of the
Miami-Dade Board of Commissioners
from the 7th district
In office
May 24, 2011  November 17, 2020
Preceded byCarlos A. Giménez
Succeeded byRaquel Regalado
Personal details
Born
Xavier Louis Suarez

(1949-05-21) May 21, 1949
Las Villas, Cuba
Political partyRepublican (2020–present)
Other political
affiliations
Democratic (until 2020)
SpouseRita Suarez
Children4, including Francis
RelativesAlex Mooney (nephew)
EducationVillanova University (BE)
Harvard University (MPP, JD)

Xavier Louis Suarez (born May 21, 1949) is an American politician who was the first Cuban-born mayor of Miami and was a Miami-Dade county commissioner.